The PSP versions of Umineko are split into four separate releases, each one representing two chapters of the full story. This will kick off with Umineko no Naku Koro ni Portable 1, which will include the Legend of the Golden Witch and Turn of the Golden Witch chapters.

Portable 2 will cover Banquet of the Golden Witch and Alliance of the Golden Witch. Starting with Portable 3, the story will enter the Chiru arc with End of the Golden Witch and Dawn of the Golden Witch. Finally, Portable 4 will conclude with Requiem of the Golden Witch and Twilight of the Golden Witch.

Each PSP release will cost 3,990 yen (about $51). Umineko no Naku Koro ni Portable 1 will be released on October 20th. Portable 2 will follow on November 17th. Release dates for the portable Chiru half haven’t been announced yet.

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http://twitter.com/seph_luis_br Luis Camargo

What exactly are those games about ?
Investigation ? Mystery ? Point and click adventure ?

I guess the best they could do to get localized is to put everything in a single PS3 game and release in the US, only translating text.

Zero_Destiny

Well it’s a sound novel which means it’s meant to be spooky. This story in particular is a mystery, but with a neat twist that it uses magic. The story itself kind of becomes a game of who-done-it between the two main characters as it moves on and there’s lots of twist and turns. Time is kind of skewed and it just gets crazy.

At the beginning (without spoiling to much) a rich family goes to the Grandfathers estate on his private island in the middle of no where. A storm comes and no one can leave or enter. The Grandfather is dieing. Everyone in the family is there and they are all vying for the Grandfather’s money and a place in his will. He dies mysteriously and other family members begin to get killed off. On top of this madness there has always been a rumor that the Grandfather made all his money by making a deal with a witch who gave him gold for his initial investments and that she’ll one day return for compensation. That’s the initial premise of the first arc. It gets very crazy from there. It’s pretty cool.

Some novel about mistery and magic, the plot becomes rediculous at the latest part and doesn’t make sense at all but their fans still think that is one of the best mistery novels while they worship his troll writer Ryukishi.

Pretty overated.

neocatzon

haha, that’s right. This is a good read if you want fantasy “mystery” novel. I stop thinking after those witches came out

DlanorKnox

It’s more of a deconstruction of the mystery novel than a true mystery (though there are some nice, solvable mysteries throughout the story). I’ve learned a surprising amount about the mystery genre through Umineko.

http://twitter.com/bta_man BTA

I really don’t know how good an idea this is. I’m sure it’ll sell to fans, but… you’re paying for more than the PC version for half of the content.

Phlo

With vastly improved graphics and added voices.

http://thrust-the-sky.deviantart.com/ WildArms

vastly

Ladius

Except it isn’t like this. The PSP version has all the upgrades of the PS3 remakes, such as new artworks and backgrounds and the complete dub of all dialogues, a definite improvement over the PC original.

One could debate if the PSP ports are better than the PS3 remakes, aside from their budget prices, but that’s another issue altogether, especially considering how PSP is more popular than PS3 in the Japanese vn fanbase.

http://twitter.com/bta_man BTA

Hah, I’m aware of all of that. I’m just thinking that the price for both parts of each arc might be a bit high, considering that (I think; might be wrong) it’ll be more expensive than the PS3 port once it’s added up. But you’re right, the PSP fanbase will probably make up for it.

http://backloggery.com/wanderingmind WanderingMind

I really like the upgrades for the remakes, but I grew to like the original artwork over time. I still think it’s pretty funny how you get trophies in the PS3 version just for reading.

Now if only the last ep gets translated into English. It’s just a matter of time.